It’s been a slow offseason, not only for the Nationals but across the sport. Though teams began to get more active before the holidays, hundreds of free agents remain unsigned as the calendar shifts to 2025. This isn’t anything new; the market seems to get slower and slower each winter, with more and more players forced to wait until February (or e

I’m dumping more mailbag questions into your laps. I'll handle the next batch. We’ve pondered whether Zach Eflin or Grayson Rodriguez would be the No. 1 starter as the roster’s currently set, who’s the No. 5 starter, the chances that Jackson Holliday platoons, how much Heston Kjerstad plays, whether the Orioles trade for Luis Castillo, and if the O

The Nationals entered the offseason knowing they needed to acquire a new first baseman. Then they went and essentially acquired two of them over the holidays. Nathaniel Lowe and Josh Bell aren’t the same kind of player. Lowe is more well rounded, draws more walks and plays better defense. Bell is more of a prototypical, all-or-nothing slugger who c

In this space yesterday I noted that Ryan Mountcastle would be expected to hit more home runs in 2025 as the Orioles are moving the left field fence closer to home plate at Camden Yards. This is after three years after they had moved the wall back nearly 30 feet from its original position. Mountcastle hit 22 home runs in Baltimore during the 2021 s

If veteran leadership was a priority for the Orioles in their hunt for starting pitching, they couldn’t do much better than 41-year-old Charlie Morton. Morton was the fourth-oldest pitcher in the majors last season, and he’s the oldest for the Orioles since reliever Jesse Orosco called Baltimore his baseball home from 1995-99. The Orioles aren’t pu